Sr. Software Engineer

Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands.

Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $100m in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals. 

But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our Engineering team!

What You’ll Do:

You will work on our software responsible for storing customer data, with a focus on improving durability and performance.

The Right Fit:

• 10+ years of OOP (Java, C++, C#, etc) in an enterprise environment (personal project
work not included)
• Profiling software, system or IO performance
• Experience with object storage systems and protocols
• Large scale systems supporting thousands of servers

Bonus points for:

• Proficiency in Java
• Familiarity with hard drive performance
• Understanding of Linux file systems
• Experience with data analytics and statistical analysis
• Experience with Apache Tomcat
• Experience with Python

Looking for an attitude of:

• Passionate about building high performance and scalable code with easy to use Interfaces and APIs.
• Likes to work closely with other engineers, support, and sales to help customers.
• Believes the whole world needs backup, not just English speakers in the USA.
• Customer Focused (!!) — always focus on the customer’s point of view and how to solve their problem!

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you're reading. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Learning, developing, and growing are key parts of our culture. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in various ways. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.

At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries, but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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